The Tzar's Curious Runaways

Author: Scott-Elliot, Robin

Children's, Teenage & educational

Published on 17 October 2019 by Everything with Words.

Paperback / softback | 304 pages, Black and white illustrations
129 x 198 x 23 | 268g

A magical, captivating tale of adventure set in imperial Russia. St Petersburg, Russia 1725. Katinka Dashkova is running for her life because everything she knows is changing. Katinka, a dazzling ballerina with a hunched back, and her friends Alexei the Giant and Nikolai the dwarf are different. That's why they are part of Peter the Great's Circus of Curiosities. But the Tzar is dead and they must flee the Winter Palace. Guided by a special map, they set out across Russia running for their lives. An enthralling and delicious blend of history and fiction.